Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation combined with 125iodine seed implantation for unresectable pancreatic cancer

Figure 1 Pain score of patients before and after combined therapy.

Figure 2 Computed tomography scan showing a tumor in pancreatic head (white arrow) before combined therapy (A) and a 4 cm × 4 cm necrosis with non-enhancement in tumor region of pancreas (arrowhead) 3 mo after combined therapy with ¹²⁵iodine seeds distributed around the tumor (arrow) (B).

Figure 3 Total cumulative survival time of 32 patients with pancreatic cancer (A), Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with pancreatic cancer at stages III and IV (B), and for those who received or did not receive chemotherapy after operation (C).